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MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY OF OPERATIVE INTUBATION FOR MALIGNANT OESOPHAGEAL OBSTRUCTION
Author(s) -
Hartley L.,
Strong R.,
Fielding G.,
Evans E.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1985.tb00944.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intubation , surgery , resection , mortality rate , carcinoma , gastric cardia , general surgery , anesthesia , cancer , adenocarcinoma
In 33 patients who underwent operative intubation of carcinoma of the oesophagus or gastric cardia, there were nine postoperative deaths (mortality 27%). Only 15 patients (46%) had no further operative procedure or anaesthetics, but their mean survival was only 3.7 months. Nine patients (27%) required a total of 17 procedures after the placement of their original tube. Operative intubation has a similar mortality to resection but the survival times are short. Whenever possible palliative resection or endoscopic intubation is to be recommended.